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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 14h

Your elected officials need to know book banners don't speak for everyone - or even the majority! Many censorship fights are happening at board and city council meetings.

We're stronger TOGETHER.

#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek

If you have 30 minutes: Write a letter to your local officials or to local media. Make a plan to attend your local school board, library board, or city council meeting. bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 14h

5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.

It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!

bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay

We're stronger TOGETHER.

#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek

The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 1d

My sister’s!

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the Global Youth Summit! events.ringcentral.com/events/cfc-g...

CFC Global Youth Conference 2025 - Compassionate Leadership for Action & Impact

Get tickets to CFC Global Youth Conference 2025 - Compassionate Leadership for Action & Impact, taking place 28/10/2025 to 30/10/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experie...

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 3d

Ironically a few libraries in Texas are getting book challenges or censored displays during Banned Books Week. 😞. Please support the freedom to read in your local library. @uabookbans.bsky.social

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 4d

📢Tomorrow’s #TLSkyChat dives into #BannedBooksWeek! Join me and @techielibgrl.com at 8pm EST / 5pm PT for conversation, advocacy, and community. Questions are up now 👉 www.tlskychat.com/schedule

#TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

Schedule | TLSkyChat

www.tlskychat.com

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Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship @la-cac.org · 4d

If we care about intellectual freedom, we must protect not only the books, but the people who defend them. Congratulations to our co-founder @librarianjones.com on a well-deserved victory! @uabookbans.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social

Conservative bloggers to face Louisiana librarian again after court reverses lawsuit dismissal

Amanda Jones filed the lawsuit after a 2022 meeting of the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control, where discussions took place about restricting access to books that some attendees deemed inappro...

www.theadvocate.com

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 4d

💬 Ready to talk freedom to read? Tomorrow’s #TLSkyChat celebrates #BannedBooksWeek at 8pm EST / 5pm PT! Preview the questions here: www.tlskychat.com/schedule

#TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

Slide promoting #TLSkyChat on October 8, 2025. Topic: “Banned Books Week.” Includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, respond to Q1–Q3, and start replies with A1–A3. Text invites discussion on protecting the freedom to read. Resources at tlskychat.com.

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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 5d

Banned Books Week is here (Oct 5–11)!

Access to stories, ideas, and voices should never be silenced. Together, we can
protect The Freedom to Read.

Take the pledge today with @webelieveinedu and @_everylibrary_ : bookbanpledge.us

#BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 5d

An Important Video for Banned Books Week 2025.

Thank you to @mackidssl.bsky.social, @torbooks.bsky.social, and @fiercereads.bsky.social for inviting me to participate in this project.

Please consider watching and sharing with others.

Books Save Lives.

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 5d

On the defense. Means messages are working.

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Spend five minutes on social media. Spend 25 minutes doing something to change things.

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Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social · 8d

This is beyond sad. The war on librarians and literacy continues, when we all out here just tryna get these babies to enjoy reading or find books that interest them. LIBRARIANS ARE NOT THE VILLAINS! By and large, librarians are some of the most caring, selfless individuals you'll ever meet.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 8d

"The majority of schools in Seminole County [FL] have no one paid to work in the media centers full-time or part-time; most Seminole County Public School libraries and media centers ran without a designated media specialist or paraprofessional last year"

oviedocommunitynews.org/2025/09/10/f...

‘From a Goosebumps book’ - Seminole County’s skeleton crew libraries – Oviedo Community News

Seminole County school libraries have far fewer paid staff than neighboring Orange County, leaving volunteers to try to pick up the slack a few hours a week.

oviedocommunitynews.org

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 8d

Director/producer Kim A. Synder on The Lead CNN. “Censorship is un-American”.

Watch now:

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The Lead With Jake Tapper - Kim Snyder

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 8d

@pbs.org has been making decisions recently, such as rebooting #ReadingRainbow with the WONDERFUL Mychal Threets, that make it even more worthy of your support.

Please donate monthly to your local station if you can. www.pbs.org/about/about-...

Support PBS

Support PBS by giving to the PBS Foundation or by donating to your local station.

www.pbs.org

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 9d

It’s a 1️⃣-2️⃣punch: The State of Texas, the Regents, & the President dissolve the Faculty Council. Then Trump offers a compact that will affect academic freedom, curriculum, student recruitment, research priorities, the future of academic programs. Once faculty had a voice in such decisions. No longer.

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 14d

✴️For the first time since 1945, UT does not have a representative faculty council.

Our press release on the replacement of an elected Faculty Council with faculty advisory bodies composed entirely of appointees of President Davis.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Press Release 9.27.2025.docx

PRESS RELEASE American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter at The University of Texas at Austin Contact: Pauline Strong, PhD, Chapter President, [email protected] _________________...

docs.google.com

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 9d

THE LIBRARIANS is a New York Times Critic’s Pick!

Kim A. Snyder’s “gripping documentary” opens TOMORROW at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social with a national rollout to follow. See it in theaters and get tickets now!

TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 10d

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 11d

Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/

Banned Books Week Event Calendar. Add an event or find one near you! BannedBooksWeek.org/events Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · 11d

We can complain here but every one of us should be calling our Congresspersons en masse. These speeches were shockingly unAmerican and our vets need us to speak up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."

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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 11d

An “unusual” meeting? The President of the United States just suggested turning the US military on American cities. I’m not usually into this kind of commentary but in this moment I’m going to need you to do better than “unusual” @nytimes.com

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Breaking News: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” at an unusual meeting focused on culture wars. It was unclear why they needed to gather senior military leaders from overseas to tell them this face to face.

Live Updates: Trump Addresses Rare Military Gathering as Government Shutdown Looms

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Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social · 15d

If there’s an author you appreciate, one of the simplest, most helpful, least expensive things you can do for them is ask your public library to add that author’s newest book to their collection.

Many library websites have a form for that. So give it a try, and make an author’s day!

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