@blingedone.bsky.social
The entire GOP has gone mad.
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The entire GOP has gone mad.
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Donald Trump just did something truly awful and is hoping you won't notice.
He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education.
What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?
He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education.
What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?
What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Donald Trump just did something truly awful and is hoping you won't notice.
He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education.
What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?
He fired all of the special education staff at the Department of Education.
What kind of person abandons kids with special needs?
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Attention library workers, booksellers, and readers! We are thrilled to share the longlist for the 2026 #ALA_Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! Join us in celebrating these 45 titles and keep an eye out for the shortlist coming 11/18.
www.ala.org/carnegie-med...
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www.ala.org/carnegie-med...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Attention library workers, booksellers, and readers! We are thrilled to share the longlist for the 2026 #ALA_Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! Join us in celebrating these 45 titles and keep an eye out for the shortlist coming 11/18.
www.ala.org/carnegie-med...
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www.ala.org/carnegie-med...
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It's National Friends of Libraries Week! Let's celebrate the volunteers everywhere who support their libraries and library staff.
Ask your librarian about joining your library's Friends group, or start your own if your library doesn't have one yet. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4nau4Xd.
Ask your librarian about joining your library's Friends group, or start your own if your library doesn't have one yet. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4nau4Xd.
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's National Friends of Libraries Week! Let's celebrate the volunteers everywhere who support their libraries and library staff.
Ask your librarian about joining your library's Friends group, or start your own if your library doesn't have one yet. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4nau4Xd.
Ask your librarian about joining your library's Friends group, or start your own if your library doesn't have one yet. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4nau4Xd.
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Students were eating lunch when they heard the gunshots. It’s yet another horrific school shooting, and every time my heart breaks for the kids, parents, and communities shattered by gun violence.
We can’t stop demanding change. Congress can and must pass gun safety legislation.
We can’t stop demanding change. Congress can and must pass gun safety legislation.
Shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado leaves several students hurt; suspect among those injured
Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting s...
www.cbsnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Students were eating lunch when they heard the gunshots. It’s yet another horrific school shooting, and every time my heart breaks for the kids, parents, and communities shattered by gun violence.
We can’t stop demanding change. Congress can and must pass gun safety legislation.
We can’t stop demanding change. Congress can and must pass gun safety legislation.
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NEW: CO2 emissions traceable to the world's biggest fossil fuel firms (ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Chevron, etc.) played a substantial role in driving dangerous & deadly heat waves, new research shows
Results are esp. relevant for #climatelitigation 🧑⚖️
insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202...
Results are esp. relevant for #climatelitigation 🧑⚖️
insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202...
World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows - Inside Climate News
Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.
insideclimatenews.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: CO2 emissions traceable to the world's biggest fossil fuel firms (ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Chevron, etc.) played a substantial role in driving dangerous & deadly heat waves, new research shows
Results are esp. relevant for #climatelitigation 🧑⚖️
insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202...
Results are esp. relevant for #climatelitigation 🧑⚖️
insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202...
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Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
Ex-U.S. military translator from Afghanistan arrested by ICE in CT. Attorney calls it ‘nonsensical.’
The 35-year-old husband and father of five was taken into custody by ICE agents outside a routine green card appointment in East Hartford.
www.courant.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
Well, it isn't unexpected but it is still very, very disappointing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well, it isn't unexpected but it is still very, very disappointing.
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After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
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"I want to thank all librarians, because you guys are the pillars of our democracy."
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"I want to thank all librarians, because you guys are the pillars of our democracy."
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
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Join @yalsa.bsky.social & @ala-booklist.bsky.social for the 2025 #MichaelL.PrintzAwards on 6/27 during #ALAAC25! Celebrate 25 years of the #Printz and this year's honor books and winning title, BROWNSTONE (@harperstacks.bsky.social) with a special ceremony and dessert reception. 🎟️▶️ bit.ly/3GHnJmx
May 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Join @yalsa.bsky.social & @ala-booklist.bsky.social for the 2025 #MichaelL.PrintzAwards on 6/27 during #ALAAC25! Celebrate 25 years of the #Printz and this year's honor books and winning title, BROWNSTONE (@harperstacks.bsky.social) with a special ceremony and dessert reception. 🎟️▶️ bit.ly/3GHnJmx
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Join Booklist and YALSA on May 1 for a FREE webinar featuring past Printz Honor Book authors @halseanderson.bsky.social, Ashley Hope Pérez, @dheiligman.bsky.social, and @sachalamb.bsky.social. Register now! #yalit
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Booklist & YALSA Present: Twenty-Five Years of the Printz Award. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This June marks twenty-five years since Walter Dean Myers won the inaugural Printz Award for MONSTER. Since then, Printz committees have gathered annually to recognize the best books in YA literature ...
ala-events.zoom.us
April 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join Booklist and YALSA on May 1 for a FREE webinar featuring past Printz Honor Book authors @halseanderson.bsky.social, Ashley Hope Pérez, @dheiligman.bsky.social, and @sachalamb.bsky.social. Register now! #yalit
Today has been a challenge, yesterday was a challenge, and I am hoping tomorrow we'll get a break from the challenges tomorrow.
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Today has been a challenge, yesterday was a challenge, and I am hoping tomorrow we'll get a break from the challenges tomorrow.
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Yesterday, Robert Prevost asked everyone to start calling him by a different name.
And they did. No outrage or shaming over this request.
See how easy it is to honor other people's benign wishes?
And they did. No outrage or shaming over this request.
See how easy it is to honor other people's benign wishes?
May 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Yesterday, Robert Prevost asked everyone to start calling him by a different name.
And they did. No outrage or shaming over this request.
See how easy it is to honor other people's benign wishes?
And they did. No outrage or shaming over this request.
See how easy it is to honor other people's benign wishes?
Firing Carla Hayden was vindictive and stupid. So basically par for the regime
May 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Firing Carla Hayden was vindictive and stupid. So basically par for the regime
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This hopeful and touching depiction of grief is perfect for any young reader looking for understanding when a loved one dies....
Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2026) Feature Review: Twenty-Four Seconds From Now… by Jason Reynolds
This hopeful and touching depiction of grief is perfect for any young reader looking for understanding when a loved one dies.
www.yalsa.ala.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This hopeful and touching depiction of grief is perfect for any young reader looking for understanding when a loved one dies....
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This, as the Department of Education, now on life support, will use its remaining power and staff to begin collecting on student loans paused since the pandemic.
April 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This, as the Department of Education, now on life support, will use its remaining power and staff to begin collecting on student loans paused since the pandemic.
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If we are going to be disappearing people, can this annoyingly simple-minded goblin be next?
April 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If we are going to be disappearing people, can this annoyingly simple-minded goblin be next?
It. Is. Terrifying.
Whatever you do, don't look at the US presidential line of succession right now.
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It. Is. Terrifying.
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Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
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You know what? F*** the entire GOP. F*** this entire regime. There isn't a republican in government that isn't a threat to our country. Grow spines and stand up to trumpty dumpty, or just admit you are a racist bigot.
April 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
You know what? F*** the entire GOP. F*** this entire regime. There isn't a republican in government that isn't a threat to our country. Grow spines and stand up to trumpty dumpty, or just admit you are a racist bigot.
How I feel.
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
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April 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
How I feel.