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ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @librarypolicy.bsky.social · 22h

This #NationalVoterEducationWeek, we're proud to celebrate the work libraries do every day to connect their communities with information and resources for local, state, and federal elections!

Libraries are getting their communities #VoteReady, & yours can too! Find more at ala.org/readervoterready

Reader Voter Ready, National Voter Education Week, Oct 6-11, 2025. We're here to get everyone #VoteReady. Register to vote, get to know your ballot, make a plan to vote, understand the process, and share with friends and family. NationalVoterEducationWeek.org

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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 22h

Classroom grants available: K-12 educators can apply for funds, materials to support projects on the history of chocolate. Deadline: Oct 25.

#grants #K12

Grants - American Heritage Chocolate

Apply for a Grant from AMERICAN HERITAGE Chocolate to uncover and share the influence of chocolate on global heritage and culture.

www.americanheritagechocolate.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 22h

Shouldn’t be great news because it shouldn’t have happened at all, but this IS GREAT NEWS.

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d

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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 22h

Hillsborough’s Comms team is working extra hard to make it sound like students weren’t impacted by the review.

It’s not done.

Also, it’s dishonest to say that the law requires these books to be pulled from students while under review. That’s a district decision.

www.axios.com/local/tampa-...

Report: Hillsborough 2nd in the U.S. for books pulled from school libraries

The report found that Hillsborough County Public Schools removed 608 books from their shelves.

www.axios.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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Frédéric Dupont @fred-cm1b.bsky.social · 1d

#FleurisTonFil
#Photography

Fleur rouge du jardin de ma maman en Anjou.

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Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 4d

Le Jardin, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16476

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 23h

If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 1d

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social · 1d

What a stellar selection! I have read three of the five and each of them tugged at my heart. Love, love, love those books. Hannah, Ibi, & Amber are changing the game and forcing us to have convo about what is considered “good” literature. I’m here for this year’s #NationalBookAwards finalists

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

I have high expectations for those 5 authors, and they always deliver. They are all winners

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

So soft. So gentle

DaB @oursobouros.bsky.social · 3d

De la lumière pour toi, Bluesky.

#photography #photo #art #garden #flower

Photo format portrait d'un jardin très fleuri. Le point est fait sur une gerbe de fleurs rouges aux pétales écartés en soleil autour d'un coeur noir. Tout autour, des couleurs foisonnantes et vives emplissent l'image entièrement tapissée de vert, ne faisant que suggérer par leurs formes floues les autres innombrables fleurs de ce jardin.

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KatEagle @kateorlyk.bsky.social · 5d

☀️"Les hommes cultivent cinq mille roses dans un même jardin… et ils n’y trouvent pas ce qu’ils cherchent. Et pourtant, ce qu’ils cherchent pourrait être trouvé dans une seule rose. Car une seule rose peut être pour quelqu’un tout un jardin - et tout un monde."🤍🌹
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got to get busy with these books! I think I have until 18 Nov. if live to be in that room😍

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David Bowles @davidbowles.us · 1d

Today sees the publication of two translations of mine: EL PEZ ARCOÍRIS SE ESCAPA DE LA RED, my translation of the newest Rainbow Fish book, RAINBOW FISH AND THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as the board book "El Pez Arcoíris"!

El Pez Arcoíris se escapa de la red

The tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Rainbow Fish series encourages care and respect for the ocean and its creatures. El décimo libro d...

www.simonandschuster.com

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David Bowles @davidbowles.us · Aug 1

I'm going to launch a Latine romance imprint, focusing mostly on queer stories, but also special straight ones.

It will be called NEKISSOH—

—Nahuatl for "desirable" or "desired."

Among our publications will be the queer historical romances I'm writing as Aeron Zaldívar.

More details soon!

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Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jason Griffin and I were invited to talk about our new book, ON FRIDAYS, which comes out next year. But we couldn’t talk about it without diving deep and discussing THE TABLE first.

Check out the interview on the @readinginthemiddle.bsky.social podcast NOW!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

The Table: Art, Family & Food with Winsome Bingham & Jason Griffin

Podcast Episode · Reading in The Middle · 08/27/2025 · 49m

podcasts.apple.com

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · 1d

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Indigenous Books for Young Readers) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 1d

“...issues that are universal and, therefore, always timely…include the quest for justice. In some cases, the lens is civil rights or immigration or the role of democracy.”
— @cylev.bsky.social interviewed by @gayleenwrites.bsky.social for Cynsations: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth...

Quote from post, plus photo of Cynthia and Gayleen holding a copy of FAULT LINES IN THE CONSITUTION, pus covers of FREE TO LEARN and WHO OWNS THE MOON?

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Email your legislators to support libraries: speakupforlibraries.us

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Bettie 🦋 📎 @maria0065.bsky.social · 1d

I wanted to say I have been in healthcare for 35 years. I don't think many understand how unaffordable it is now, since the BBB.The rates are simply insane for renewals, and I do a lot of highly compensated EEs They are dismantling the ACA. I told a pharmacy CEO this 2 weeks ago. He affirmed today.

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations! #nationalbookawards

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!! #nationalbookawards

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 3d

Who do you ban from your personal reading selections? Ready to challenge that?

pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/04/c...

Challenge: Reading Beyond Our Personal Bans

Let’s fight book bans on a personal level, one book at a time. Because bans aren't only about books; they’re working to erase people and their stories.

pearlsandrubys.slj.com

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