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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 4h

**Happy dance**
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.

EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.

Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.

This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 4h

Alan Gratz is a consistent winner with my students and War Games is a def must buy for #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #TLSky #KidLit #MGBook It is Historical Fiction set during the 1936 German Olympics.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 5h

WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.

Bill would let Ohio taxing authorities keep library levies off ballots

Republicans say allowing local taxing authorities in Ohio to block library levies would increase transparency, but libraries say it will hurt them and voters.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Anybody who tells you that full moon thing is a myth has never worked in a school or an ER. Kids have been crazy and when I said something to a colleague about every class being riled up she said 🌕 #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #Edusky #Teaching

a bear is standing in front of a full moon and saying i 'm feeling the full moon

ALT: a bear is standing in front of a full moon and saying i 'm feeling the full moon

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 3d

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

Cover of The princess in black and the prince in pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. It shows a young girl in black mask and superhero outfit dancing with a young boy in pink mask and pink hero outfit. Bands of words stripe the cover, saying "all kids have a right to exist" and "please let's show love for all kinds of kids"

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 3d

Also proud because they analyzed book covers to determine which were “real” and which were AI generated. And discussed how books and book covers should have real authors and illustrators. #Kidlit #TLsky #SchoolLibrarians #skybrarians The kids are all right.

Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 15d

We are watching Scholastic Book Fair trailers this weekend and I am SO proud of my 4th- 6th grade students recognizing and questioning whether they are AI. #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 3d

I bet it would!

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 4d

That is a beautiful letter. I agree she will be a great teacher. Sometimes the quiet ones in class we feel we aren’t making a connection with because they don’t talk as much. You are.

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (Very scary) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 5d

I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.

Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee

It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 4d

I have read many of these books and now feel like I want to add those I haven’t read yet just so I can. I haven’t done a book palette but this one is lovely and also a pretty good sampling of my taste.

📚🌈Kerie🐉🪐 @readingintandem.bsky.social · 4d

I never understand these trends, but honestly this a pretty good sampling of my bookish taste! I’ve read and enjoyed each and every one of the books in this palette. Would you be able to complete a full palette of your favorite reads? What would go on it first? #booksky

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Every Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 5d

Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.

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Lucy Pearson @lrpearson.bsky.social · 5d

Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children Bridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and more extracurricular activities for all children to prevent them becoming “stuck in a doom loop of detachment” from school. The education secretary said that teaching unions, who have argued the tests were “unnecessary and distracting”, should “really think carefully” about whether they could justify standing in the way of tackling the “shocking outcomes” that exist for many working-class children. Continue reading...

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 5d

Nooooo

James Van Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 5d

The mood swing from Halloween Joy to Daylight Savings Misery will be swift and devastating.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 5d

This is where we need the 😔 and 😡 face reactions

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Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social · 5d

😭💔

kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5d

The American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, has seen their staffing drop 55% since last year.

More than half of those working in the school library division...gone!

connect.ala.org/aasl/discuss...

AASL Staffing Update | AASL Chapters Forum

AASL has been informed that the position of Manager, Members & Chapters has been eliminated as part of the American Library Association's ongoing reduction-in-f

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 5d

Casa Bonita is amazing. Ever in Denver try it out. Bought by South Park creators and updated. I am surprised they are in dispute with their employees. I always thought they would be supportive employers.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, it was easier than I thought.

Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 5d

NYT Connections today - aaargh!

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 6d

Tell me you’ve never bought groceries for a family of four without telling me you don’t have any idea how much things cost. He does know that people eat the groceries they buy?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

Rep. Clay Higgins:

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average.
Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries.
Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 1 of season3 has a cameo of Robert Redford and George RR Martin and Redford tells George to hurry up the whole world is waiting.😄 Dark Winds with book lover humor.

Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 7d

My mom and I read all the Tony Hillerman books and loved them. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. I wish she was still here to watch Dark Winds. The book is always better but they do a great job on this series.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 7d

Hosting a book fair today with the really system down was a challenge.

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Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 7d

And I think you might have started the whole axolotl obsession with this book.

Rachel @rachelmcc.bsky.social · 7d

Oooh I am fan girling! My students LOVE your books. I think I am on my 3rd copy of Cute as an Axolotl it circulates so much. And Blobfish also!

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 8d

I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them

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