Monisha Blair
@monishablair.bsky.social
(She/Her) Librarian @KeyMiddle. SLJ 2020-2025 Best Books Committee. Reviewer for School Library Journal. #ReadingIsSelfCare
Watched The Substance… so much I wish I could unsee 🤢
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Watched The Substance… so much I wish I could unsee 🤢
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BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
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If they do a 21 gun salute at his funeral, fucking duck.
Dick Cheney? Is Mitch McConnell even in this thing?!?
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If they do a 21 gun salute at his funeral, fucking duck.
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November? nah man i'm celebrating NOvember where i curl into fetal position and say "No, please god no," over and over again
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
November? nah man i'm celebrating NOvember where i curl into fetal position and say "No, please god no," over and over again
If someone wants to make this for me for next year I would def wear this
The ultimate book lover’s costume! What’s your favorite literary #Halloween idea? 🎃📚
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If someone wants to make this for me for next year I would def wear this
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A good school librarian connects kids with books they will love. When that happens, kids start reading for fun and spend more time reading and less time on screens. Both reading ability and general knowledge increase.
If your school district's test scores are going downhill, it may be time to consider whether the school libraries are fully staffed and receiving adequate funding.
How School Librarians Help with Standardized Testing
If your school district's test scores are going downhill, it may be time to consider whether the school libraries are fully staffed and receiving adequate funding.
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A good school librarian connects kids with books they will love. When that happens, kids start reading for fun and spend more time reading and less time on screens. Both reading ability and general knowledge increase.
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Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
My nephew hosts a weekly dinner now that he has his first apartment. It makes my heart so happy to know that my old dining table is routinely surrounded by love, friendship, and community ❤️
Every Monday night for the past five years, chef Samin Nosrat makes dinner with friends. She explains how she's been able to maintain this ritual, plus her "criminally good" recipe for garlic bread.
How chef Samin Nosrat keeps up a casual weekly dinner with friends
Every Monday night for the past five years, chef Samin Nosrat makes dinner with friends. She explains how she's been able to maintain this ritual, plus her "criminally good" recipe for garlic bread.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My nephew hosts a weekly dinner now that he has his first apartment. It makes my heart so happy to know that my old dining table is routinely surrounded by love, friendship, and community ❤️
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Dispatches from the Field: AASL 2025, Day 2 https://bit.ly/3J5O7s4
October 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dispatches from the Field: AASL 2025, Day 2 https://bit.ly/3J5O7s4
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The number of people who are shocked (shocked!) by the fact that you are supposed to return books in the book return at the library still never fails to astound me.
📚 #PubLibs
📚 #PubLibs
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The number of people who are shocked (shocked!) by the fact that you are supposed to return books in the book return at the library still never fails to astound me.
📚 #PubLibs
📚 #PubLibs
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As the father of a teenager trying to navigate social media and AI and everything else, just popping up to say:
We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.
We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
As the father of a teenager trying to navigate social media and AI and everything else, just popping up to say:
We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.
We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.
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Read that again.
.01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries.
Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.
.01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries.
Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.
Public school parents overwhelmingly trust the curation of library professionals.
When we enroll our children at a school, we assume the school will give them every opportunity to access the same resources available to other students without unnecessary barriers to entry.
When we enroll our children at a school, we assume the school will give them every opportunity to access the same resources available to other students without unnecessary barriers to entry.
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Read that again.
.01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries.
Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.
.01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries.
Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.
Working with middle schoolers is full of surprises, like this morning when a student pulled out a full pancake breakfast in the library and wanted to share her syrup with a friend. Reader, she poured syrup in her friend’s hands 😳😳😳
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Working with middle schoolers is full of surprises, like this morning when a student pulled out a full pancake breakfast in the library and wanted to share her syrup with a friend. Reader, she poured syrup in her friend’s hands 😳😳😳
We brought out the balloons for a moment of whimsy and joy during today’s PD
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We brought out the balloons for a moment of whimsy and joy during today’s PD
@mspettytweets.bsky.social just know there is a friend tax when you make pierogis 😅
Please and thank you!
Please and thank you!
When I introduce people to pierogis for the first time and see the light behind their eyes glow brighter than it ever has - that’s the thing that fuels me now
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@mspettytweets.bsky.social just know there is a friend tax when you make pierogis 😅
Please and thank you!
Please and thank you!
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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.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
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.
bookriot.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Overheard in the library, a group of teens chatting:
“Guys! Here’s a protip for how to get girls.. read books!”
“Guys! Here’s a protip for how to get girls.. read books!”
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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It is the Lab Coat of Library Science
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It is the Lab Coat of Library Science
I really dislike this year’s slogan, but I can get behind “read for your rights” any day #FreedomToRead
Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I really dislike this year’s slogan, but I can get behind “read for your rights” any day #FreedomToRead
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my only life lesson for everyone ever: make friends with a librarian. half way across the country and @liblarrian.bsky.social is still saving me when my brain is dead.
October 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Rounding out #FatBearWeek in the Key MS Library! Sadly, Queen Grazer was dethroned this year.
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Rounding out #FatBearWeek in the Key MS Library! Sadly, Queen Grazer was dethroned this year.
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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
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Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian | Book Riot
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
buff.ly
September 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian | Book Riot