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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 10h

The library reference department is complete.

Hell yeah @therealjoebob123.bsky.social

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

Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 20h

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

"we're out of paper"

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 8d

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

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 9d

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 · 9d

Our banned books tree is up. Is yours?

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 13d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

Playing from "Halloween Hits"

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 14d

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 · 15d

Really needed this today. Good news all around 📖🌈

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 16d

🎶 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 · 15d

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.