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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 22h

Quote this with the first four 10/10 horror movies you can think of.

- The Thing (1981)
- Sinister
- Sinners
- Near Dark

Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 23h

-Let the Right One In
-The Orphanage
-Village of the Damned (1960)
-Cabin in the Woods

Honorable Mention: Three Extremes

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 23h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you.

- You're Next
- A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
- Tigers Are Not Afraid
- La Llorona

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 1d

"Organic literature" sounds like marketing shit so that books can be sold at higher prices.

There's "Literature" and then there's "AI Slop."

Full stop. AI Slop should be free.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 1d

The library reference department legal section can be used as a weapon.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 1d

The library reference department is complete.

Hell yeah @therealjoebob123.bsky.social

Cover of "Joe Bob Guess to the Drive-In" by Joe Bob Briggs

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 2d

The library "Turns Out Becoming Rich and/or Famous Can Make You a Dumbass" display is evergreen, easy to find items for, and has both historic and current implications.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 2d

The library hopes everyone who drank from the library water fountain on Friday soon feels their face again.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 4d

"we're out of paper"

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 7d

Harrison Ford should have played more villains.

There's something dark in him anyway, but the casualness he exudes with explosive violence really stands out.

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 8d

It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.

#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 8d

In retrospect, "Chubby Checker" is a truly bonkers name or AKA, and no generation has the title for strangest musical artist names.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 8d

James Patterson books take up half the library and Stephen King is still more banned.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 10d

The library has a "no assholes" policy. #IYKYK

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 11d

a christmas tree is on fire with the letters br visible

ALT: a christmas tree is on fire with the letters br visible

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 11d

Our banned books tree is up. Is yours?

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 11d

Do not try to steal the library stapler lest you feel the circ desk's wrath.

Staple of a Media Diet — Banned Library

Media matters. It shapes our perspective on places and people. Gives us information on topics that might have been forgotten. Stories and music and culture bleed through the spurting noise that humans...

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 11d

The library has many rockstar librarians if you mean genuinely creative monsters that have substance abuse issues and violent tendencies.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 11d

"I think big pistachio has invaded bake off" is this week's topic for book club.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 15d

Sometimes you need to let the staff vent.

AI Issues — Banned Library

Helping people is difficult. Rewarding at times but often strange as you peer into the face of another human being and wonder what the hell is happening behind that stressed expression. My general rul...

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 15d

The library will not give AI a library card.
They'll have to borrow their parents card until they are responsible.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 16d

Playing from "Halloween Hits"

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 16d

The library allowed our algorithm to test an early Halloween playlist.

So far we've heard "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels, "Demons" by Imagine Dragons, and "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue.

Not sure this is going to work.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 16d

Really needed this today. Good news all around 📖🌈

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 17d

🎶 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

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 16d

The library believes there are miracles happening everyday if you look hard enough.
Just today, we had a book that had been checked out over two decades come back to the library and nobody called the news.
Truly astonishing times.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 21d

"An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs." -Mitch Hedberg

"An escalator can never break..." 🎤: Mitch Hedberg #shorts

YouTube video by Comedy Central Stand-Up

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