Jaci Charbonneau
@jaciskater.bsky.social
Currently I'm an Author Assistant to my amazing daughter, Joelle and a retiree of United Airlines. Back in the day, I was an artistic roller-skating coach. I love volunteering in my community and at the U. A. Legacy Foundation. Keeping busy is the way.
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Happy Christmas Eve from me and my family! (This is our version of a holiday card because we never can get around to sending them out on time.) #MerryChristmas #seasonsgreetings #music
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
YouTube video by Blanco Family Music
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December 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Christmas Eve from me and my family! (This is our version of a holiday card because we never can get around to sending them out on time.) #MerryChristmas #seasonsgreetings #music
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If you want to get behind a candidate looking to oust Rep. Mary Miller (of Hitler had good ideas fame), Kyle Nudo is running to unseat her in the IL-15. kyleforillinois.com (We went to college together and I immediately volunteered for his campaign because he shows up and does the work.)
Kyle Nudo for Congress | Fighting for Illinois Families
Kyle Nudo is a small business owner, union member, and lifelong Illinoisan running for Congress to bring jobs, healthcare, and unity back to IL-15.
kyleforillinois.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If you want to get behind a candidate looking to oust Rep. Mary Miller (of Hitler had good ideas fame), Kyle Nudo is running to unseat her in the IL-15. kyleforillinois.com (We went to college together and I immediately volunteered for his campaign because he shows up and does the work.)
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In honor of BANNED BOOK WEEK, here's a new BANNED! with facts & figures about the rise of book bans in the US and what I believe pushed this book ban frenzy.
Shout out to @penamerica.bsky.social for their work tracking these bans.
#booksky @flfreedomread.bsky.social #writersky #banned #books
Shout out to @penamerica.bsky.social for their work tracking these bans.
#booksky @flfreedomread.bsky.social #writersky #banned #books
BANNED! CRT: Completely Ridiculous Theater
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In honor of BANNED BOOK WEEK, here's a new BANNED! with facts & figures about the rise of book bans in the US and what I believe pushed this book ban frenzy.
Shout out to @penamerica.bsky.social for their work tracking these bans.
#booksky @flfreedomread.bsky.social #writersky #banned #books
Shout out to @penamerica.bsky.social for their work tracking these bans.
#booksky @flfreedomread.bsky.social #writersky #banned #books
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Go Encyclopedia Britannica! That's a phrase I never thought I'd type, but here were are!
Encyclopedia Britannica sues PerplexityAI for copyright infringement
Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI COMPLAINT (Sept. 10, 2025). 51st copyright lawsuit v. AI
Perplexity was sued again for its answer engine AI platform. Susman Godfrey law firm, representing plaintiffs Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, filed the lawsuit in t…
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September 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Go Encyclopedia Britannica! That's a phrase I never thought I'd type, but here were are!
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Donald has spent the last week pardoning his friends who defrauded Medicare, union pensions, banks, and more. This is what “fraud and abuse” actually looks like.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud
He and his girlfriend pocketed more than $87 million in the scheme.
www.miamiherald.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Donald has spent the last week pardoning his friends who defrauded Medicare, union pensions, banks, and more. This is what “fraud and abuse” actually looks like.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Today's BANNED! features THE FAMILY BOOK by @toddparr.bsky.social. Just mentioning that certain kinds of families exist has been enough to get this book banned.
#shorts #booksky @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #banned #edusky @authorsabb.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
#shorts #booksky @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #banned #edusky @authorsabb.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Banned! The Family Book
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
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May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Today's BANNED! features THE FAMILY BOOK by @toddparr.bsky.social. Just mentioning that certain kinds of families exist has been enough to get this book banned.
#shorts #booksky @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #banned #edusky @authorsabb.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
#shorts #booksky @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #banned #edusky @authorsabb.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
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Everything happening right now shows how important education is--and why we need to fight for our right to it like Malala does.
Today's BANNED!
Malala Yousafzai is a champion for girl's education. Her advocacy for learning got her book banned and it almost ended her life.
#banned #books #booksky #reading #edusky #writers @authorsabb.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @velshi.com
Malala Yousafzai is a champion for girl's education. Her advocacy for learning got her book banned and it almost ended her life.
#banned #books #booksky #reading #edusky #writers @authorsabb.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @velshi.com
Banned! I am Malala
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Everything happening right now shows how important education is--and why we need to fight for our right to it like Malala does.
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This week on BANNED! I'm featuring a personal favorite, FAHRENHEIT 451. Yes, a book that points out the evils of censorship has been BANNED!
#BANNED #booksky #books @aabbri.bsky.social @velshi.com
#BANNED #booksky #books @aabbri.bsky.social @velshi.com
Banned! Fahrenheit 451
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This week on BANNED! I'm featuring a personal favorite, FAHRENHEIT 451. Yes, a book that points out the evils of censorship has been BANNED!
#BANNED #booksky #books @aabbri.bsky.social @velshi.com
#BANNED #booksky #books @aabbri.bsky.social @velshi.com
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Check out my friend & YA bestselling author Joelle Charbonneau’s video series on book banning! Please spread the word…
Link to main YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joellecharb...
Link to main YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joellecharb...
Why is fighting book bans so important? Welcome to Ep. 1 of BANNED! The History of Book Banning: Don't Be a Dictionary.
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
Banned! Don't be a Dictionary
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Check out my friend & YA bestselling author Joelle Charbonneau’s video series on book banning! Please spread the word…
Link to main YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joellecharb...
Link to main YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joellecharb...
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I will be protesting on April 19th. I hope you will join in at whatever protest is happening by you. They want our silence. They require it to succeed. We need to be so loud and so many that we cannot be ignored. And when they try to ignore us we take to the streets again.
April 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I will be protesting on April 19th. I hope you will join in at whatever protest is happening by you. They want our silence. They require it to succeed. We need to be so loud and so many that we cannot be ignored. And when they try to ignore us we take to the streets again.
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In case you missed it (with the firehose of news spewing you might have) US military schools are banning books. Julianne Moore's FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY is one of them and this video tells you why they are doing it and why it matters.
#banned #booksky #books #handsoff our books!
#banned #booksky #books #handsoff our books!
Banned! Freckleface Strawberry
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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History is written by the victors. I'm not about to let this clown car driving us off a cliff write the history that calls themselves heroes. It's not going to be easy, or fast & we'll at times feel defeated, but we'll persevere and the history books will tell the truth about what they really are.
April 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
History is written by the victors. I'm not about to let this clown car driving us off a cliff write the history that calls themselves heroes. It's not going to be easy, or fast & we'll at times feel defeated, but we'll persevere and the history books will tell the truth about what they really are.
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Also - in honor of great scientific study, I'm wearing my MIT shirt, So I want to give a shout out to @mitpress.bsky.social and @technologyreview.com in case you want to give them a follow.
April 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Also - in honor of great scientific study, I'm wearing my MIT shirt, So I want to give a shout out to @mitpress.bsky.social and @technologyreview.com in case you want to give them a follow.
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Let's talk Galileo and how his genius got him banned. Today's episode - BANNED! Where No Ban Has Gone Before
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Banned! Where No Ban Has Bone Before
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Let's talk Galileo and how his genius got him banned. Today's episode - BANNED! Where No Ban Has Gone Before
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
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And if you aren't following @authorsabb.bsky.social - make sure you do that, too! Also @freadomfighters.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @aclu.org @txfreedomread.bsky.social @americanbookseller.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social and say #handsoff our freedom to read.
Let's talk Galileo and how his genius got him banned. Today's episode - BANNED! Where No Ban Has Gone Before
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Please watch and share. Book bans are about controlling access to ideas and people can't fight what they don't know.
#banned #reading #booksky #books @flfreedomread.bsky.social
Banned! Where No Ban Has Bone Before
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And if you aren't following @authorsabb.bsky.social - make sure you do that, too! Also @freadomfighters.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @aclu.org @txfreedomread.bsky.social @americanbookseller.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social and say #handsoff our freedom to read.
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I only wish that this video on the history of Where's Waldo getting banned was an April Fool's Day prank. Sadly, it's not a joke.
And US peeps-make sure you vote in your local elections today. Vote for candidates that support our freedom to read.
#banned #booksky #books #vote
And US peeps-make sure you vote in your local elections today. Vote for candidates that support our freedom to read.
#banned #booksky #books #vote
Banned! Where's Waldo?
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Curious why WHERE'S WALDO? has been banned? This week's episode of BANNED! tells you why.
(Also, VOTE for champions of books and teachers this week in your local elections!)
#books #booksky #banned #uniteagainstbookbans
@rweingarten.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social
(Also, VOTE for champions of books and teachers this week in your local elections!)
#books #booksky #banned #uniteagainstbookbans
@rweingarten.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social
Banned! Where's Waldo?
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Curious why WHERE'S WALDO? has been banned? This week's episode of BANNED! tells you why.
(Also, VOTE for champions of books and teachers this week in your local elections!)
#books #booksky #banned #uniteagainstbookbans
@rweingarten.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social
(Also, VOTE for champions of books and teachers this week in your local elections!)
#books #booksky #banned #uniteagainstbookbans
@rweingarten.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social
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This week on BANNED!
It's International Women's Month, so I will be highlighting titles by women this week on my two episodes of BANNED! Today- BANNED! DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL. Hear why it has been banned & what you can do to fight back. #banned #books #unitedagainstbookbans
Banned! Diary of a Young Girl
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
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March 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This week on BANNED!
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Joelle does NOT miss with these!
If you think book bans are about the book or that the people banning books have read them, take a minute to listen to the story of the banning of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? And share it with your friends. #books #banned #unitedagainstbookbans
Banned! Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Joelle does NOT miss with these!
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If you think book bans are about the book or that the people banning books have read them, take a minute to listen to the story of the banning of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? And share it with your friends. #books #banned #unitedagainstbookbans
Banned! Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you think book bans are about the book or that the people banning books have read them, take a minute to listen to the story of the banning of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? And share it with your friends. #books #banned #unitedagainstbookbans
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Not a surprise, I'm starting to get comments from book ban fans.
For this episode of BANNED! Here is the funny, yet seriously disturbing history of the banning of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Please watch, share and join the fight for the freedom to read. #books #bookbans #uniteagainstbookbans
Banned! Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Not a surprise, I'm starting to get comments from book ban fans.
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Why is fighting book bans so important? Welcome to Ep. 1 of BANNED! The History of Book Banning: Don't Be a Dictionary.
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
Banned! Don't be a Dictionary
YouTube video by Joelle Charbonneau
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Why is fighting book bans so important? Welcome to Ep. 1 of BANNED! The History of Book Banning: Don't Be a Dictionary.
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
Please watch & share. You can't fight what you don't know and we need everyone to help win this fight. #books #booksky #unitedagainstbookbans
This just happened...the wind just broke my flagpole. Feels like a metaphor. 😪
March 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This just happened...the wind just broke my flagpole. Feels like a metaphor. 😪
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Tomorrow, the first Banned! book video will launch. For today, here is a VERY SHORT explanation about why I'm doing this: youtube.com/shorts/256h8... #books #freedomtoread #unitedagainstbookbans #timetofight
March 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Tomorrow, the first Banned! book video will launch. For today, here is a VERY SHORT explanation about why I'm doing this: youtube.com/shorts/256h8... #books #freedomtoread #unitedagainstbookbans #timetofight